Florida Statute 63.37 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 63
ADOPTION

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F.S. 63.037

63.037 Proceedings applicable to cases resulting from a termination of parental rights under chapter 39.—A case in which a minor becomes available for adoption after the parental rights of each parent have been terminated by a judgment entered pursuant to chapter 39 shall be governed by s. 39.812 and this chapter. Adoption proceedings initiated under chapter 39 are exempt from the following provisions of this chapter: requirement for search of the Florida Putative Father Registry provided in s. 63.054(7), if a search was previously completed and documentation of the search is contained in the case file; disclosure requirements for the adoption entity provided in s. 63.085(1); general provisions governing termination of parental rights pending adoption provided in s. 63.087; notice and service provisions governing termination of parental rights pending adoption provided in s. 63.088; and procedures for terminating parental rights pending adoption provided in s. 63.089.

History.—s. 8, ch. 2001-3; s. 4, ch. 2008-151; s. 4, ch. 2012-81.

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Dept. of Children and Family Servs. v. Ps

932 So. 2d 1195

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2006 | Docket: 1684776

Cited 3 times | Published

law relating to post-termination adoptions is section 63.037, Florida Statutes (2005), which states: 63

Buckner v. FAMILY SERVICES OF CENT. FLORIDA

876 So. 2d 1285, 2004 WL 1635858

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 23, 2004 | Docket: 2451094

Cited 3 times | Published

the child's adoption pursuant to chapter 63. Section 63.037, Florida Statutes (2003), provides that adoptions

B.S., Grandmother of P.S.A. and W.H.A., etc. v. Department of Children and Families

246 So. 3d 479

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 25, 2018 | Docket: 6375140

Cited 1 times | Published

Chapter 63 of the Florida Statutes. However, section 63.037, Florida Statutes, provides that “[a] case

T.R.-B. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 26, 2022 | Docket: 62628739

Published

after parental rights have been terminated. Section 63.037, Florida Statutes (2021), exempts these adoptions

Department of Children & Families v. Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Program

186 So. 3d 1084, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 2968, 2016 WL 869317

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 29, 2016 | Docket: 60253692

Published

shall be governed by s. 39.812 and this chapter.” § 63.037, Fla. Stat. (2015). “If parental rights to the